Politics

Aisha Buhari, wife of the president, has promised to support female politicians aspiring for political offices across party lines. According to a statement on Thursday by Suleiman Haruna, her spokesman, the president’s wife spoke…

Bukola Saraki has purchased the presidential nomination form of the Peoples Democratic Party. The form was obtained on his behalf by the Director-General of the Saraki Presidential Campaign Organisation, Honourable Mohammed Wakil, at the…

Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, says he will remain in the upper legislative chamber forever, if he wants. Ekeweramdu said this on Thursday while speaking at the event organised by the Not Too Young To Run movement. The…

About 7,000 members of the Peoples Democratic party (PDP) in Delta State, including two aides of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, have dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The decampees, mainly from Oleh…

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Thursday night declared that the government of the outgoing Osun State Governor, Rauf Aragbesola, has laid good foundation for the party to retain the…

Rinsola, daughter of MKO Abiola, presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 election, has resigned her membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a letter to the leadership of the party, Rinsola cited the reasons she…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday hosted the South West Caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to a dinner at the First Lady Conference hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the…

Media Mogul, Dele Momodu has reacted to Senate President, Bukola Saraki’s declaration to run for presidency in 2019 election. The publisher of Ovation Magazine, while fielding questions from Nigerians on Twitter about the Senate…

Except it is carefully handled, the selection or election of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 elections may set the party on the path of fresh crisis and ultimately dash its hope of returning…

Senate President Bukola Saraki says his declaration to run for office of the president was not meant to put the Not Too Young To Run movement in a difficult position. On Thursday, the senate president declared his intention to run at…

Presidential aspirant and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore has rejected the emergence of Fela Durotoye as the consensus candidate of the Presidential Aspirants Coming Together, PACT. DAILY POST reports that Durotoye, who…

Kingsley Moghalu, presidential candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), has withdrawn from the Presidential Aspirants Coming Together (PACT) which produced Fela Durotoye as its consensus candidate ahead of 2019 elections. PACT…

Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto state, has picked the presidential nomination form of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The politician, who defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the PDP earlier in the…

The National Assembly joint committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday gave a harmonised final figure on the budget of INEC for the 2019 general election. The committee, after considering the initial…

The ‘Not Too Young To Run’ movement has dissociated itself from the formal declaration by Bukola Saraki to run for president on the platform of the opposition party, PDP. Mr Saraki, the senate president, formally made his intention…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday said he would not defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) anymore, even if he failed to secure the party’s presidential ticket. Atiku stated this in Minna while addressing…

President Muhammadu Buhari has said the recent gale of defections in the All Progressives Congress could not upset what he called the ‘super structure’ of the party. Buhari, who was addressing the party leaders during the National…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has adopted indirect primary for all elective positions apart from the presidential election. The decision was taken at the 6th national executive committee (NEC) meeting of the party in Abuja on…

Senate President Bukola Saraki has declared his intention to run against President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019. Buhari is seeking a second term on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking on Thursday at a…

The Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, Khadija Bukar Abba Ibrahim, has declared her interest in the Yobe State 2019 governorship election. Ibrahim’s ambition to occupy the Yobe State Government House, was disclosed by her Special…

The Concerned Citizens of Ikeja (CCI), has asked James Faleke, the House of Representatives member representing Ikeja federal constituency of Lagos, to return to Kogi where he comes from and contested for the deputy governor’s seat…

Former Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has given the quest to advance the cause of peace and development in the Niger Delta as the reasons why he defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Uduaghan, who was governor on…

Over 10, 000 tricycle operators loyal to the Kwankwasiyya Group and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday in Kano destroyed and openly burnt their red caps and formally defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).…

A former governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, has said  no fewer than 15 Igbo billionaires had been mobilised to fund the senatorial race of the widow of late Igbo leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, Bianca Ojukwu. He said the Igbo…